How Did The Sioux Indians Affect The Mistreatment Of Native Americans?

In the late nineteenth century, the lives of Native Americans claimed to be vanishing due to not being able to adapt to modernity; however, this was confirmed as not the whole truth. Native Americans lived accomplished lives where strength and diligence were the key to surviving through tough battles that sometimes resulted in dispossession of Native American lands and gaining independence from the government. Many times stories of the Indians had been retold by the press that were fictionalized which served to justify American conquest of Indian “savages.” Furthermore, many myths and realities were told about Indians which often lead to problems with the U.S. Army but also made the Indians realize the importance of staying true to their roots and doing whatever they could to protect themselves.

As most people would do when they were about to get something of theirs taken away, the chiefs respectfully disapprove this request. This lead to many issues forming between the United States and the Native Americans, making the government dispatched a thousand cavalry and infantrymen to drive the Indians back to the reservation. The United States underestimated the amount of power the Indians truly had, resulting in the Sioux and their allies killing every single one of the 210 attackers. “The Indians acted just like they were driving buffalo to a good place where they could be easily slaughtered,”(one Oglala woman). From this quote, we see how Native Americans were easily seen as “savages” because the reality of the situation was twisted around. There was no mention to why the Indians killed the attackers sent by the U.S. Army, that reason is they were defending themselves and their families from being taken away from their